Example sentences of "[pers pn] had to go [adv prt] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | But if we were doing as we do a lot of jobs like that and I had to go round and estimate every one it would cost me more to go round and estimate than it would to do the jobs . |
2 | Of course , I had to go over and see to them . ’ |
3 | ‘ I had to go over and get it in person . |
4 | So I had to go out and let Ashley and Kelly out |
5 | And then after , in the winter , and then after that when it was near hay time , I had to go out and help with the hay . |
6 | But then I had to go out and buy another one … ! ’ |
7 | Er I , I was a messenger for a time for the er , we lived in Lane and I was a messenger for a time with the erm A R P headquarters in Drive , now when my uncle got married and he had two children and I 'd , they were issuing gas masks and I had to go down and fetch a gas mask for his daughter and they were great big ones that used to envelope the whole babies with a bellows on the side that the mothers used to have to pump when they were in them , thank goodness we never had to use them and erm |
8 | ‘ The trouble with using a Hasselblad is that you black out after each shot , and in the first session I 'd cut off the arms in one or two shots , so I had to go back and re-shoot those . |
9 | ‘ We saw it go in , ’ said Lyle , ‘ but we could not find it and I had to go back and play three off the tee . ’ |
10 | And then I got all the she 'd mis-changed me so I had to go back and get it . |
11 | Then I had to go back and bury my two pets and comfort Annie and Jack . |
12 | She felt as though she was dying , as though her heart was being ripped piece by piece into shreds , but she had to go on and finish the programme . |
13 | In other words , she had to go off and find places for herself and then fly back to me . |
14 | S. H. The worst part of the job is when you had to go round that beat at four o'clock in the morning and it 's teeming with rain . |
15 | S. H. We were held responsible for property and we had to go round and test every doorway and that would occupy the first time round — say an hour and a half — and then usually you had to go round and test them a second time , just to make sure . |
16 | And then of course at er the time of the lambing time you had to go out and help with the lambing time , you know , to help the shepherds with If he 'd a weakling lamb you 'd always to bring it in the house and then feed it in a bottle . |
17 | see you had to go out and look through the rivet hole to see who was shouting in you know . |
18 | She says you had to go out and buy butter solely because I wanted it . |
19 | You had to go off and make his nosh did n't you ? |
20 | If you were a couple of minutes late , you had to go down and see the superintendent . |
21 | S. H. We were held responsible for property and we had to go round and test every doorway and that would occupy the first time round — say an hour and a half — and then usually you had to go round and test them a second time , just to make sure . |
22 | Like there was this girl , she worked in the paper shop down the road , and there was this black kid who kept pestering her all the time , so we had to go down and sort him out . |
23 | So we had to go back and swap it for seven to eight |
24 | He wanted me to come back as , obviously , it was very helpful for him to have someone who would control things when he had to go out and work . |